Destinations
The cities we have read in both languages, place by place, with the date on every figure.
Guides by place
Tokyo
Akihabara: Start in the Building Still Called Radio
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Tokyo
Where to Stay in Tokyo: Choose What You Want to See After Dinner
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Tokyo
Tokyo Skytree and Tokyo Tower: One to Look Out From, One to Look At
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Tokyo
Harajuku and Meiji Shrine: Why the Forest Planners Said No to Cedar
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Tokyo
Under the Kaminarimon Lantern at Senso-ji, Look Up: There Is a Dragon
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Tokyo
Shibuya Sky Takes Even Your Hat Before It Shows You the Crossing. Dress for the Wind
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Fukuoka
Tonkotsu Ramen at Lunch, Yakitori After Dark: Give Kurume the Whole Day
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Fuji Five Lakes
Where to Stay at the Fuji Five Lakes: Ask Which Way the Room Faces
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Fukuoka
A Yanagawa Boat Company Asks You Not to Open an Umbrella Under the Bridges. Choose Your Landing First
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Fukuoka
The Tree-Roofed Hall at Dazaifu Tenmangu Is Coming Down. Go for the Old Hall It Stood In Front Of
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Fukuoka
Missed Yamakasa? One Float Stays Up Most of the Year at Kushida Shrine. Start Your Hakata Walk There
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Fukuoka
Fukuoka's Yatai on a Sunday: Go to Tenjin, Where More Stalls Stay Lit
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Fuji Five Lakes
Yoshida Udon Is a Lunch: See Chureito in the Morning, Then Come Down for Noodles
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Fuji Five Lakes
Lake Kawaguchi: Skip the Convenience Store, Find Fuji at Oishi Park
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Hakone
Where to Stay in Hakone: Choose the Bath, Then the Town
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Naha
Where to Stay in Naha: The Train to Itoman Is Gone
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Fuji Five Lakes
Chureito Pagoda: Stop at the Tower Before You Climb to the Deck
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Fuji Five Lakes
Oshino Hakkai: Keep Your Coin and Find the Pond Where the Sand Moves
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Hiroshima
Where to Stay in Hiroshima: Miyajima After Dark and at Dawn
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Naha
Itoman Market Before Nine: Island Vegetables at a Price You Agree Out Loud
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Naha
Tsuboya Yachimun Street: Come When the Potter's House Is Open
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Naha
Kokusai Street and Makishi Market: Choose Your Fish First
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Naha
Shuri Castle, Then the Stones That Survived: A Walk Down to Kinjo-cho
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Nara
Where to Stay in Nara: Sleep Where the Deer Can Be Heard
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Kanazawa
Where to Stay in Kanazawa: Walk to the Garden Before the Bus
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Sapporo
Where to Stay in Sapporo: It Comes Down to Midnight
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Kanazawa
Komatsu Udon Without a Booking: Get Under the Tracks Before Three
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Sapporo
Jozankei Onsen: Follow the Kappa Back to the Pool Where the Story Began
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Sapporo
Otaru Canal: Get There Before Sunset, Not After Dinner
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Sapporo
Sapporo Beer Museum: Follow the Red Star on Your Own, in English
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Sapporo
Sapporo Clock Tower: Hear the Hour, Then Walk South
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Sapporo
Susukino at Night: Miso Ramen or a Parfait to End It
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Hakone
Hakone's Old Road Was Mud to the Shins: Walk the Stones to the Amazake Teahouse
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Hakone
Hakone Shrine's Dragon Was Born Across the Lake: Go on the 13th
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Hakone
Lake Ashi Was Made by a Falling Mountain: Cross It One Way
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Hiroshima
Walk Saijo's Sake Breweries by Day, Then Stay: the Station Street Opens at Five
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Nara
Walk Koriyama's Goldfish Street on a Friday, and Carry Your Snacks into the Sake Brewery
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Hakone
Owakudani: Book the Guided Walk Before You Plan the Ropeway
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Hiroshima
Hiroshima Castle: The Keep Is Closed — Look for the Tree That Came Back
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Hiroshima
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park: Walk In Along the Line, Not From the Tram Stop
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Hiroshima
Itsukushima Shrine: Low Tide Is Not Enough to Walk to the Torii
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Nara
Kasuga Taisha, Nara: Three Nights of Lanterns, and the Room That Keeps Them
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Nara
Todai-ji, Nara: Walk Through the Gate Before the Great Buddha Opens
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Nara
Nara Park: Look at the Trees Before You Look at the Deer
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Kanazawa
Higashi Chaya District, Kanazawa: The Second Floor Was the Stage
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Kanazawa
Kanazawa Castle: Start With the Stones the Earthquake Brought Down
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Kanazawa
Kenrokuen, Kanazawa: Follow the Water Uphill, From the Waterfall to Where It Comes In
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Kanazawa
Omicho Market, Kanazawa: Go to the Vegetable Crates Before the Fish
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